epicthundercat@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agoPeter Thiel makes his biggest donation in years to help defeat California’s billionaire wealth taxfortune.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1376arrow-down10
arrow-up1376arrow-down1external-linkPeter Thiel makes his biggest donation in years to help defeat California’s billionaire wealth taxfortune.comepicthundercat@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squarerigatti@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up160·2 months agoJust fucking pay the tax, dickwad.
minus-squarebear@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up49·edit-22 months agoActually, there’s a huge return on investment with bribes and political influence when you’re a billionaire. Citizens united was a death blow.
minus-squarefoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·2 months agoReaganomics -> Contra -> Bush Sr -> Citizens United -> 9/11 -> Patriot Act -> Middle East wars -> bank bailouts -> Pause for pandemic -> insurrection -> old man Biden sleeps on imprisoning trump -> literal gestapo in the streets.
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoCitizen’s United was in 2010. But other than that, yeah it’s been a long, slow fade…
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoExactly. If they can bribe millions, they know they stand to make billions in returns.
minus-squareFauxLiving@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoHigh taxes are the compromise, we still have the torches and pitchforks if they’re not interested
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 months agoPersonally, I prefer sickles and hammers, and at this point I no longer want to compromise with the billionaires.
Just fucking pay the tax, dickwad.
Would be cheaper…
Actually, there’s a huge return on investment with bribes and political influence when you’re a billionaire.
Citizens united was a death blow.
Reaganomics -> Contra -> Bush Sr -> Citizens United -> 9/11 -> Patriot Act -> Middle East wars -> bank bailouts -> Pause for pandemic -> insurrection -> old man Biden sleeps on imprisoning trump -> literal gestapo in the streets.
Citizen’s United was in 2010.
But other than that, yeah it’s been a long, slow fade…
Exactly. If they can bribe millions, they know they stand to make billions in returns.
High taxes are the compromise, we still have the torches and pitchforks if they’re not interested
Personally, I prefer sickles and hammers, and at this point I no longer want to compromise with the billionaires.